When we last wrote about the impending shortage of Internet Protocol Addresses, we compared it to the predicted shortage of oil – something that would probably have to be dealt with a little bit down the road, not necessarily right away. Well, that was in July 2008, and now we’ve learned of a real-world instance… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Applying 9th Circuit LVRC v. Brekka Ruling, District Court Dismisses Most CFAA Criminal Charges in United States v. Nosal
Posted in Computer Fraud and Abuse ActUPDATE: As discussed in this blog post, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled the district court in United States v. Nosal (9th Cir. Apr. 28, 2011). ******** The debate over the applicability of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in cases of alleged employee disloyalty has yielded quite… Continue Reading
Old Wine, New Tablet: New Apple iPad Raises Many Legal Issues
Posted in Online ContentApple probably could not have satisfied all the wild and hopeful imaginings of everyone who weighed in on what its new iPad device would look like, and what its functionality would be. Whether or not the iPad will be the content distribution game-changer that so many are looking for is another matter, but it’s still… Continue Reading
Federal Rule Bars Post-Judgment Injunctive Relief against Web Site for Third-Party Defamatory Posts
Posted in Online ContentWe have previously described as "robust," the protection afforded interactive service providers from liability for defamatory contents posted by third parties by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But in Blockowitz v. Williams, 1:09-cv-03955 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 21, 2009), involving post-judgment efforts to have defamatory postings removed from a consumer complaint Web site , … Continue Reading